Dress to be a celebrity

As soon as Huan Ling arrived in Wuping, Fang Tixue's order was handed over to the county yamen, asking the yamen to meet him outside the city on the third day of May.County Magistrate Song went to find his son after Shan Zi was in a hurry, ignoring Huan Ling who was beside him, and asked him excitedly: "Master Fang is coming to Wuping! Tell me, Shiguan, did you come here for your conference? Last year Mr. Fang asked the students to go to the mansion to take the exam, but he didn't go to the counties to take the exam in person!"

Huan Ling took the order and looked at it, and smiled happily: "Fortunately, Mr. Fang went directly to Wuping. If I went to the mansion first, I would have to go back overnight to meet him."

If nothing else, clean the hotel, prepare new gauze curtains, bedding, cushions, table and chair covers, prepare seasonal fruits, eat exquisite food, and then notify the two official officials who are giving lectures, and the contestants and students Ladies and gentlemen, we will go together tomorrow to welcome the arrival of Mr. Tixue.

I also want to remind those celebrities who like to dress up solo and bring beautiful maidservants with them when they go in and out, either change their clothes, or don't show up in front of Mr. Xuezheng, otherwise they have to be prepared to be disgusted.

The two lecturers enjoyed the official treatment, lived in the government hotel, and could spread the news when they went out.Talented scholars from other places lived far away in the suburbs, so Song Shi went to spread the news in person, and by the way counted how many people were willing to go out to study with the county magistrate.

On the third day of May, Song Zhixian led a row of well-dressed and well-behaved Confucian students to welcome them to study at the Changting Pavilion in the east of the county—the number was even larger than that of Huang Xuncha, who presided over the attack on local tyrants, and cut off a student's turban Much more before.

Fang Tixue personally signed the document for stripping off the turban that day, and after writing it, he calculated the number of students left in his place. Now seeing the black and black turban, and the half-young face under the turban, he dared not This is Wuping County!

Fortunately, standing in front of the crowd was a seventh-rank official in black gauze and green robes, with gray temples, which made him feel familiar again.

Now that County Magistrate Song is here, then his son... hey, who is that young official next to him who also wears a blue patched uniform?Fang Tixue couldn't help raising the curtain to take a closer look, and he realized that the man was tall and tall, and his demeanor and demeanor overwhelmed the scholars behind him.When he led the crowd to meet his car, his expression was respectful and tidy, and against the background of a blue egret mending suit, he was like a lone pine under a rock, solemn and solemn.

The last time I saw such an outstanding young man was Song Shi, the son of County Magistrate Song.But the young man in front of him is a sixth-rank official, definitely not someone from Wuping County, could it be the Huan Tong Judgment of Tingzhou Prefecture that brother Shan'an often mentioned?

With a brother like this, it's no wonder that the Huan family girl can be the princess of Zhou.

Fang Tixue was very amazed. He got out of the car and accepted the big gifts from everyone. Hearing Mr. Song's introduction, he nodded with a smile: "It's the Duanyang holiday, and I'm here to relax. Mr. Huan, Song Ling, and the two elders You don't need to be polite, sir, and students don't need to be afraid that this college will test you."

One word made the atmosphere a little lighter.Those candidates from the county who were waiting for the exam, who had just passed the third and fourth grades, were relieved when they saw the candidates from other counties whose legs were weak, and they dared to raise their faces.

Master Huan didn't test them, but wanted to test Song Shi. He held Master Song's hand and asked, "Where is Song Shi? I came here for his lecture conference and new book. Why did he hide behind?" "

If it were normal, Song Shi would naturally stand behind his father.But this time there are high-ranking officials here, and there are many scholars from other counties who stand in a proper manner according to their academic qualifications. Hiding behind the army of freshmen.

Now that Mr. Tixue was called for roll call, he brushed off his clothes and walked out calmly from behind.

Fang Tixue had just seen Huan Ling's green gown protruding, but now he felt that Song Shi's white gown was so chic, and the two of them stood together and compared each other, and it was hard to tell the difference - it was the many students who pretended to be around. They are all full of village spirit.

It's like a couple.

Fang Tixue secretly boasted, and asked Song Shi with a smile: "You student, why didn't you accompany your father, but hid in the back? This school accepted your post for a lecture meeting. Tell me about you." What about the seminar. You can figure out how to hold a seminar on the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival. Don’t you think that everyone will go to watch the dragon boat races instead of watching your conference?”

No, because Dragon Boat Festival...is the opening ceremony.

The first program of the opening ceremony is to visit Yuxi in the north of the city to hold a dragon boat race.

The county prepares several colorful boats, which are divided into groups by fishermen who are good at water. One person stands on the bow of the boat with a red flower on his chest and beats the drum. strive to be the first.

The guests who came to the meeting stood on the embankment and watched the race together. Some of them shouted and shouted, some threw their purses on the boat, and some of them leaned on the tender willows by the embankment to watch because of the new construction last year. On the embankment, peaches, plums, camphor trees, and cypresses are planted.Although it has just been planted and the tree is not very tall, its small canopy has cast a shade of shade. Leaning under the tree provides shade and can block the gradually scorching sun. Watching dragon boat races is also enjoyable.

The dragon boat gradually rowed to the end of the stream, and a boat with a blue and red-edged pennant on its prow was halfway beyond the other boats.The shouting on the shore was even louder. Some hoped that they would win early, and some hoped that the boat behind would catch up.

Amidst the shouting, another boat with a red flag came up, closely following the side of the blue-flagged boat, and was just about to catch up.

The fight in the water became more and more intense, and the shouts on the shore became louder and louder. The scholars couldn't hold back their airs, shaking their sleeves and shouting for cheer, throwing the red thread to ward off evil in their hands and the five poisons on their waists into the water.

Song Shi had experienced the water potential of Yuxi, so he hurriedly told the patrolling officers to keep an eye on their positions, ready to pull people or throw sheepskin life jackets at any time.

He was as busy as if he was leading a new regiment. He looked around, but he was suddenly pulled back by someone. When he looked up, it was Brother Huan Xiao who looked at him worriedly: "Go back under such a big sun." Run around, but be careful of heatstroke. Besides, the water is not shallow now, and there are so many boats in the water, causing frequent waves, what if you stumble and fall?"

He didn't care how worried Song Shi was when his occupational disease broke out, so he dragged him under a camphor tree, untied a water bag from his waist, told him to drink some water, and leaned against the tree to rest for a while.

"I don't like insects under this camphor tree. I know you are afraid of insects, but it's okay to rest here."

——No, I'm not afraid of bugs, I just hate them.

Song Shi defended himself solemnly, Huan Ling nodded slightly, and said seriously: "Yes, these flying insects are indeed disturbing people, and Brother Yu has always hated them. Back then, it was thanks to the younger brother who made those insect repellent potions, and later thanks to the insect repellent. Da Shixiong often sends people to deliver medicine to my house, and it is not easy for me to survive in summer and autumn."

The reason why he was able to drag Song Shi to the camphor tree so quickly was because he hated insects flying, so when he came up to the embankment, he first took a look at where the camphor tree was.

The little senior brother saved him too much face, and Song Shi himself felt a little embarrassed.Fortunately, his face has been tempered and he can still hold it tight. He lowered his head and took a sip of water to cover it up. He looked at the stream in front of him as wide as a river and said, "Thank you, brother."

Needless to say thank you.

Huan Ling's eyes fell on the water bag in his hand, and on the fingers holding the mouth of the bag and the knuckles that were slightly stained with a few drops of water, and he brushed it off for him, but the hand he just raised was pressed back by himself , replied in a low voice: "No need."

No need, no need to think about it.

The two didn't say a few words, as if in a split second, the result of the race was decided——

After all, the blue-flag boat won, and the red-flag boat reached the finish line with its front and rear feet, and the white-flag boat behind them was half a hull behind them, far behind the two teams.

The team of strong men who won the championship showed their chests and wore red flower ribbons on their bodies, and they went to Song County Magistrate to ask for rewards.The county magistrate of Song Dynasty gave them a tray of 40 taels of silver and three jars of calamus wine soaked in Xiangdong wine, a local specialty.

The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in Wuping County are to hang moxa tigers, drink pu cups, and eat corn millet. In the early Song Dynasty, people were asked to line up a circle of paper screens under an old lychee tree that was not damaged by the upstream stream, and opened to the side of Jiaoyi Mountain. The side with a lot of traffic is blocked by a fence.A large straw mat is laid on the ground, and low tables and soft cushions are placed, imitating the customs of ancient times, and everyone is invited to drink calamus wine here.

The lychee trees are full of hanging fruits, and the shells are completely red. You can pick lychees at will when you are drinking.Families of several scholar families in the organizing committee shuttled back and forth, delivering freshly picked bayberries and cherries from their farms, thinly sliced ​​melons, and rice dumplings prepared in advance by each family.

Fujian mostly eats meat dumplings. Fang Tixue is from Huguang, and has a similar taste to the local Hakkas. In the Song Dynasty, his father and son, Huan Ling, and Zhu Xiancheng were from the north, and they are not used to salty rice dumplings.Therefore, the rice dumplings sent not only include meat rice dumplings, egg yolk rice dumplings, and alkaline water rice dumplings from the members of the committee, but also red bean paste, small dates, candied dates, and eight-treasure rice dumplings presented by the cooks of Song and Zhu, and served with small porcelain. Served with snow-white granulated sugar in a dish.

The brown rice doesn't need to be peeled by hand, a well-dressed girl and adoptive mother comes up to peel it off, cut it into small pieces with a silver knife, and serve it with a small cake fork made of bamboo.

The mountains in the distance are strange and ancient, shaped like a chair, and the laughter of the farmers can be heard nearby. The lychees on the head are drooping, and the wind blows a piece of sweet and fruity fragrance. It is a favorite pastoral scenery for scholars.

There were also a few romantic and famous people who lamented that there was no tricks to add to the fun, and the wine was a bit dull, but the old Mr. Wang who was the magistrate of Huzhou took the initiative to stand up for the son of Song County Magistrate: "There is a place for joy in the mountains and rivers, why bother?" Musical dances and dances? Those cunning children and maidservants come and go in high halls and big houses decorated with gold and jade. If they sing and dance in the fields like Wang Moji's poems and paintings, they will instead dye the simple farmhouse scenery with gaudy gas."

Here is the lack of Wang Mojie, no one can fill this pastoral scenery into the poem!

Several talents who had been drawn out by the dragon boat race and were full of poetic enthusiasm all scrambled to agree, and wanted to make friends with poetry here, and weigh the level of talents in other states and counties.

As the host in Song Dynasty, how could he dampen the interest of the tourists?On the spot, he asked Mr. Tixue for orders, and he had to write an idyllic poem first.He even wanted to find a tall, smooth stone by the river for him...to commemorate poems with talented scholars.

Fang Tixue pondered for a while with his mouth in his mouth, swallowed the rice dumpling immediately, and raised his voice to persuade everyone: "If so many talented scholars and celebrities gather together in normal times, this academy will naturally be the host to ask you to compete in poetry and essays, but today we When I arrived in Wuping County, poetry was secondary, and the first thing I had to listen to was lectures.

"It's not that you are not allowed to compose this poem, but you don't need to compare it now. You should write it down separately. After the lecture is over, I will choose it and ask Song Ziqi to engrave it into a book with his new printing method. The title of the comparison is in the nameless It's much stronger on the rocks."

The author has something to say:

Yes, the image of celebrities in red in the last chapter comes from Chen Baoliang. The celebrities in the Ming Dynasty were extremely elegant. Regarding the classification and image of celebrities in the Ming Dynasty, many of them refer to this paper

By the way, Yang Shen, who wrote about the flowing water of the Yangtze River in the east, often lived in Luzhou for a short time after the ceremony. feast